The sermon for Sunday, August 29, was preached extemporaneously by the Rev. Mark Miller. Fr. Miller was preaching as substitute clergy and preached in response to the appointed texts for Proper 17, Year B.
Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, grant your people grace to renounce gladly the vanities of this world; that, following the way of blessed Francis, we may for love of you delight in your whole creation with perfectness of joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one …
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Transgender Day of Remembrance will be on Saturday, November 20 at 7 p.m. The service will be in person — vaccination cards and/or masks required — and live-streamed on St. Hilda St. Patrick’s YouTube page.
It is the Spirit that gives life; our flesh, our normal orders of being, are useless. The words Jesus has spoken to us, that he is the True Bread of Heaven bread that lasts and will not fail, bread that sustains us and brings everlasting life are both Spirit and life.
The sermon for Sunday, August 15 was preached as a response to John 6:51-58. The Rev. Joseph Peters-Mathews, vicar of the congregation, wrote the sermon. In his absence due to illness, Senior Warden Gavin Smith read the sermon. The sermon was based on the below manuscript. In John today, we have the recast of what …
Here Jesus is alluding, as well, to manna being God’s wisdom, teachings from God that are eaten with the mind and draw one closer to God. In saying here that he is the Bread of Life, while quoting the prophets saying, “and they shall all be taught by God” Jesus is saying that his teachings following him believing in him bring eternal life.
Paul writes that the tents of our lives, these puffs of wind when compared to the cosmos pass away. Paul isn’t concerned about growing weak in old age, he’s concerned about whether we use our days to share the good news that Christ is risen from the dead trampling down death by death and to those in the tombs bestowing life!
Adopt a Backpack! Help low-income students at Scriber Lake High School (the Edmonds School District’s alternative high school) begin their year with needed supplies by adopting a backpack. We will once again be providing twelve “fully loaded” backpacks to the Counseling Center at Scriber Lake and your assistance is needed to fill these already-purchased items. …
The disciples witnessed loaves and fishes and healing and still said, Give us a sign! Then Jesus switched it up metaphorically– I am the bread; come to me and you will not hunger or thirst. Yikes, no more fast food to easily satisfy our hunger; no more big gulp to quench our thirst. This is a whole new order of sign!